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Chief Executive Geek
Are you ready for a special Sunday-afternoon edition? This time, ...
Are you ready for a special Sunday-afternoon edition? This time, Joshua and Nicholas are hanging in the studio with Redeye columnist and Chicago's Chief Geek, Elliott Serrano. They discuss the evolution of geek culture, media, the supreme dominance of Marvel's cinematic universe, unelected gatekeepers, and more.
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First vs. Different
It's the age old battle waged by every artist and ...
It's the age old battle waged by every artist and business on the planet: is it better to be first to market, or can you succeed by simply improving on what came before? Does innovation for it's own sake benefit our customers, the planet, and our bottom line? We go deep into these questions this week on Dispatch.
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Pedaling Across America
Have you dreamt of taking a cross-country bicycle trip? If ...
Have you dreamt of taking a cross-country bicycle trip? If so, listen up. In this episode of Dispatch, our new friend Kellie Wyatt recaps her journey; one that began in Chicago, Illinois and ended in Astoria, Oregon. Was this the trip of a lifetime? Listen to find out.
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Six Tracks / Six Stories
It's Labor Day. In our home country of the United ...
It's Labor Day. In our home country of the United States, most everyone is relaxing, and telling stories around the bar-b-que grill. Meanwhile, Joshua and Nicholas convened in the studio to share six of our favorite tracks, accompanied by stories of how they found the artists. Today on Dispatch, it's six tracks, and the stories that connect them.
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Never Stop Learning
Meet our new friend Subi Shah. A mechanical engineer by ...
Meet our new friend Subi Shah. A mechanical engineer by day, she's into 3D printing and building items with her hands. Recently, she took on the challenge of teaching herself how to code, a respectable pursuit, and one that caught our attention. Today, we chat about her decision to learn by experimenting, and why it's important to never stop learning.
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Willful Ignorance
With the sum of human knowledge at our fingertips, why ...
With the sum of human knowledge at our fingertips, why does ignorance continue to perpetuate itself? We ask not as academics, but as pragmatists: when answers are merely a click away, why do some individuals choose to be unlearned?
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Brogramming: Decompiled
Some say that the world of software development, where you ...
Some say that the world of software development, where you create for a living, should be the ultimate meritocracy. Unfortunately, the real-world situation is very different. Today on Dispatch, Joshua and Nicholas are joined by Aria Stewart to discuss this deep-set problem, and how we might be able to fix it.
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Play the Game
Why are some projects, artforms, or mediums supposedly born to ...
Why are some projects, artforms, or mediums supposedly born to die? In this hour-long conversation, Joshua and Nicholas go over the various considerations that you should account for when releasing work as a physical artifact.
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Inside Vagabond School
This week on Dispatch, we venture outside the comfortable world ...
This week on Dispatch, we venture outside the comfortable world of our studio to visit with Michael and Becca McCracken, founders of Vagabond School of the Arts. Chicago is a city full of beautiful art, not the least of which is our thriving theater scene, which Vagabond serves with a collection of useful continuing education classes, curated and presented by the city's top talent.
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What Bias?
A majority of the world's citizenry views media bias as ...
A majority of the world's citizenry views media bias as a specter to be feared. We all know the game: talking heads on television spin, distort, and omit items from true accounts until there is little of the original story left. But what if we could infiltrate the propaganda machine, make our own media, and use bias to influence the conversation for good? We give you the answers, this week on Dispatch.
